Inspired by Facebook ads.... and full of homemade deliciousness despite the cake mix base!
So I saw this sponsored thing on facebook and I was tempted... so I played and it is a complete and delicious success!
Easy peasy and perfect for fall gatherings, holidays or just for us folks that love apples and want to share that love. And a fall dessert that doesn't involve pumpkin!
APPLE CUPCAKES
1 box white cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup apple cider
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix all ingredients in mixing bowl. Blend for about three minutes. Fill cupcake pans (or two 7" or 8" prepared cake pans) with batter, about 1/2 to 2/3 full...
Bake at 350 degrees until a finger-touch in the center of the cupcake/cake leaves no impression... or a toothpick inserted into cake/cupcakes has no liquidy center...
Cool. Top with Apple Cider Frosting!
APPLE CIDER FROSTING
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter
3 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar/powdered sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon milk
1/4 cup apple cider
Blend shortening and butter. Add sugars and cider. Blend on low until mixed, then beat on high for about three or four minutes. If frosting is too thick, add a little more cider.
The whole family loved these and I wanted to find a fall recipe that wasn't pumpkin-themed to add to our farm baked goods line-up because it's good to change things up!
We've been running a 1/2 price sale in the pumpkin patch since Monday... and we're selling out, which makes us very, very happy because there is no prize for which farm has the most pumpkins remaining on November 1st!
Sell 'em off... and start planning for next year.
That's not unlike how I handle my writing career, and that's turned out okay. :)
Try these easy cupcakes and tell us what you think, okay? We love hearing from you!
Ooooohhhh -- yummy! I'm impressed by your cupcake decorating skills. I wonder if apple juice could be used instead of apple cider? This is definitely a nice switch up from pumpkin baking which I've been doing a lot lately.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could use the apple juice, Kav. It's a bit different tasting, but it would still be good. And if you even just used milk and made it cinnamon/brown sugar icing, I'm sure it would be wonderful!
DeleteThese look so delicious! I would chalk it up to your decorating skills, but what really got my attention was "brown sugar frosting." YUM!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're selling out the pumpkins! I wish we had lived near a pumpkin patch like yours when our children were young. It looks like such a fun place!
Oh, Jan, it is. The kids love it, parents love it, and it's just a great and economical place to bring the kids and get great fall stuff at wonderful prices. But mostly it's fun because people are so happy! They are happy to come to the farm. :) And (of course!) that makes us happy!
DeleteRuthy, these sound so good!! I'll have to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the pumpkins are almost gone! So glad you had another great season.
Missy, me too! We sold every nice big pumpkin we had, and thousands of little ones, too.... and even a fair share of "misfits", LOL! Clean-up begins this weekend, although Paul and Mandy and Dan (one of our helpers) began breaking down displays last weekend while I was in NC with grandkids. So we're in last stage and FIRST STAGE of more writing time! That's always a hallelujah chorus around here because I miss that extra window of time that gets swallowed up by the farm all summer.
ReplyDeleteBut it was a great season, so no complaints here!